蹊蹺

Chinese

		footpath	raise one's foot
trad. (蹊蹺)		蹊	蹺
simp. (蹊跷)		蹊	跷
alternative forms		㩻蹺／㩻跷
anagram		蹺蹊／跷蹊

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīqiāo, xīqiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧ ㄑㄧㄠ, ㄒㄧ ㄑㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kai¹ kiu²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khi-khiau

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ki¹ kiao¹ / ki¹ kiou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīqiāo → qīqiao (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ ㄑㄧㄠ → ㄑㄧ ˙ㄑㄧㄠ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciciåo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi¹-chʻiao⁵
    • Yale: chī-chyau
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chi.chiau
    • Palladius: цицяо (cicjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/ → /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīqiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄑㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siciao
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-chʻiao¹
    • Yale: syī-chyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shichiau
    • Palladius: сицяо (sicjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kai¹ kiu²
    • Yale: kāi kíu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kai¹ kiu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: kei¹ kiu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐi̯⁵⁵ kʰiːu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khi-khiau
    • Tâi-lô: khi-khiau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qi'qiaw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi³³ kʰiau³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰi⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiau⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ki¹ kiao¹ / ki¹ kiou¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khi khiau / khi khiou
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi³³⁻²³ kʰiau³³/, /kʰi³³⁻²³ kʰiou³³/

Note:

• ki1 kiao1 - Shantou;
• ki1 kiou1 - Chaozhou.

Adjective

蹊蹺

1. odd; queer; strange; fishy
2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) sly; crafty; cunning

Synonyms

• (queer):

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• 刁鑽 / 刁钻 (diāozuān) (literary)
• 古怪 (gǔguài)
• 各樣 / 各样 (gèyàng) (Eastern Min; Southern Min)
• 各鱉 / 各鳖 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 奇巧 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 奇幻 (qíhuàn)
• 奇怪 (qíguài)
• 奇異 / 奇异 (qíyì)
• 巧奇 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 巧怪 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 怪 (guài)
• 怪僻 (guàipì) (literary)
• 怪奇 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 怪死 (Hokkien)
• 怪異 / 怪异 (guàiyì)
• 日怪 (reh⁴ guai³) (Jin)
• 有空 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 稀奇 (xīqí)
• 詭異 / 诡异 (guǐyì)
• 趣怪 (Hakka)
• 離奇 / 离奇 (líqí)
• 龜怪 / 龟怪 (Hokkien)

• (sly):

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• 世故 (shìgù)
• 刁 (diāo)
• 刁滑 (diāohuá)
• 刁鑽 / 刁钻 (diāozuān)
• 刁頑 / 刁顽 (diāowán) (literary, cunning and stubborn)
• 即世 (jíshì) (literary)
• 古怪 (gū-*guái) (Eastern Min)
• 圓泛 / 圆泛 (yenn² fan⁴) (Xiang)
• 圓滑 / 圆滑 (yuánhuá)
• 圞泛 / 𪢮泛 (lonn² fan⁴) (Xiang)
• 奸宄 (Hokkien)
• 奸巧 (Hokkien)
• 奸狡
• 奸猾 (jiānhuá)
• 奸險 (jiānxiǎn)
• 姦刁 / 奸刁 (¹ke-tiau) (Wu)
• 姦詐 / 奸诈 (jiānzhà)
• 油滑 (yóuhuá)
• 滑
• 滑頭 / 滑头 (huátóu)
• 狡怪 (káu-koài) (Hokkien)
• 狡猾 (jiǎohuá)
• 狡獪 / 狡狯 (jiǎokuài) (literary)
• 狡詐 / 狡诈 (jiǎozhà)
• 狡鬼 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 狡黠 (jiǎoxiá) (literary)
• 詭詐 / 诡诈 (guǐzhà)
• 調皮 / 调皮 (tiáopí)
• 陰濕 / 阴湿 (jam¹ sap¹) (Cantonese)
• 陰險 / 阴险 (yīnxiǎn)
• 頑惡 / 顽恶 (wánwù) (literary)

Verb

蹊蹺

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to nitpick; to find fault